California Tackle shop, Charterboat and Marina report 7-30

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July 28
The tuna fishing was slower for the anglers who worked near the weather buoy but there were a few fish caught near 36'30/122'45. The wind remains calm and the inshore fishing is going good due to the squid spawn. I fished the west side of santa cruz and ended up with 8 Halibut on Squid and Sardines. The Salmon is open in the morning and I spoke to one angler who had 5 fish on Monday in 200 feet near the Hole. The Rock fishing has been on fire near Franklin Point and Davenport. Come Fishing!


Bayside Marine
333-B Lake Avenue
Santa Cruz, California 95062
(At The Harbor)
831.475.2173
Channel 11 VHF

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Capitola: The Blue Note Armada has no use for those pesky morning hours

Here are Martine, Marlin, and grandpa Blue Note Bill with the brown rock cod that Marlin caught while fishing with his dad and grandpa. They were mostly fishing up toward the point and caught one short ling and a few rock cod. This boat and their companion rental both got a really late start (though kinda early for Bill – we have named signalling devices after Bill, you know, to get him moving faster) so we’re happy that they saw some action.
We had a total of seven rentals out fishing today with three skunks, and those three started early, so an early start wasn’t any guarantee of success today anyway (except for Myron the Mariner who early birded everyone by starting out at 6:00am). The two boats (in addition to the Blue Note fleet) that caught fish caught a few browns and a few grass cod fishing around Capitola reef. Not a stellar day around here – if you want action, go early and look for flatties.

Bait – we do not have a good idea of how abundant bait actually was today, but we did see a lot of bird action just outside the marina this morning. Recently we noticed that a pelican or two were diving in the marina and close to shore, which lends support to the notion that bait has moved in. Here’s to hopin’



Capitola: Ohboy – an actual concrete shark sighting!
Mark caught this legal leopard shark off the wharf this afternoon. He was fishing close to the surf line using a live sardine on a sliding rig. This was not the only catch on the wharf today – there was a halibut early in the morning but Ed was busy and by himself so no time for a photo or details.
Roy Boy was fishing down there as well, and while he did not have a chance to farm anything today, he did see five stripers swim by each of which had “very broad shoulders”.

Other than that, the wharf saw a lot of perch – kingfish primarily – with some bullheads and skates mixed in. At the moment it does in fact look like there’s some bait in close; there are sea lions chasing stuff around in near the beach. We have not seen anyone jig anything up as of yet however.



Capitola: These folks have the patience of saints!
The Zanoni family took to the waves in a rental today. They got kind of a late start as the FIsh and Game licensing web site was not behaving well (what else is new – gads!! seriously – we *do* have good web developers around here – what gives???) . They got out about 10:00am and fished around the new red buoy where they caught this legal flattie and a nice brown rock cod. They were using frozen squid on halibut rigs. They tried a few other spots but the red buoy was the only one producing today. Nice catch you guys, and see you tomorrow! Happily you won’t have to wrestle with F and G again.


Capitola: Small fish – big smile
Doug is holding up a small but legal lingcod he caught up the coast off the lighthous (off the main reef). He tried up toward Davenport where he jigged up some live squid and tried for some halibut in closer. Winds came up earlier up there as well today though so he worked his way back this way. He had most of his luck off the lighthouse; he also caught a few rock cod – a few blacks and an olive.


Capitola: Mullet Man is Back
As you can see, Myron the Mariner’s Mullet has more or less grown back, and with it comes incomparable fishing powah! He caught this 19 pounder on a live sardine fishing a halibut rig off the whistle buoy. There were a few other fish caught in the same area though it was slightly slower than the previous few days. The wind came up a bit sooner too, which made fishing a bit trickier for some.



Capitola and Santa Cruz Boat Rentals
831-462-2208 Capitola
Santa Cruz 831-423-1739
http://capitolaboatandbait.com/home

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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
Cali Hali
Went early in the morning last Saturday before opening up my shop.




4 inches- with my Lucky craft. *pat on back*
POSTED BY FISHING TIME AT 10:37 AM


Fishing Time
317 North Western Avenue
LOS ANGELES , CA 90004 -
(323) 466-7181
http://www.fishingtimeusa.com

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Fishing Opportunities On the Highway 4 Corridor...

Central Sierra/Hwy 4 Fishing Report
July 27, 2010
Fishing has been excellent on the Highway 4 corridor. Trout plants this week will include the East and West Fork of the Carson River. Spicer Reservoir was tough this past weekend with limits being caught but fishermen had to work hard for the fish they caught. The lure fishermen have been doing good using Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Blue Fox spinners, flies on a bubble, and Kastmasters. Fly fishermen should try woolly buggers, ants, caddis, bead head nymphs. The fish have been loaded with ants and assorted flies. Bait fishermen should try Gulp Eggs, Gulp Nightcrawlers, Garlic and Salmon Egg scented Power Bait, inflated nightcrawlers, and floating Power Eggs using a cast-a-bubble with a 24" to 30" leader or a sliding sinker rig. Trollers should try Apex, Needlefish, Wedding Rings, Glitter-Bugs, Rapala's, Ex-Cell spoons and Rocky Mountain Lures behind a small dodger, Wild Thing dodger, or the new Glitter Bug dodger, tipped either with a nightcrawler, Gulp Nightcrawler, Gulp maggots, and Power Minnows. You can also try using just a dodger trailed with the nightcrawler. Make sure to use scent to increase your catch.

Lake Alpine was only pretty good this past weekend as fishermen have been fighting a full moon. Bait caster's should try inflated nightcrawlers, Gulp Eggs, the new Garlic and Salmon Egg Scented Power Bait and Gulp Power Bait, Floating Power Eggs, and Power Bait on a 24" to 30 " leader. Fly fishermen should try woolly buggers, ants, and sparrow nymphs on a intermediate sink line. Lure fishermen should try Panther Martin's, Rooster Tails, Blue Fox Spinners, Kastmasters, and Thomas Buoyant. Trollers should try using the new Glitter Bug dodgers, and Wild Things by Crystal Basin Lures, with a new Glitter Bug Hoochie, Wedding Rings, Apex, Needlefish, Ex-Cell Spoons, and Rocky Mountain Hoochies and Spoons behind a small dodger tipped with either a nightcrawler, Gulp Nightcrawler, Gulp Maggots, or Power Minnows.

White Pines Lake located near Arnold was still the hot spot over the weekend with the Dept. Of Fish and Game planting this past week. Bait fishermen should try floating Power Eggs, Gulp Eggs, new Salmon Egg scented power bait, new Garlic scented Power Bait, Gulp Power Bait, Gulp Nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, and nightcrawlers using a cast-a-bubble and a 30" leader or a sliding sinker rig. Fly fishermen should try bead head woolly buggers, ants, blue wing olive, adams, stimulators, and sparrow nymphs on a intermediate line or try using a small split shot to get down to the fish. Lure fishermen have been using Panther Martin's, Kastmasters, and Rooster Tails.

The North Fork of the Stanislaus River has been tough due the lack of plants. The Dept. Of Fish and Game is scheduled to do the pre stocking evaluation sometime this month and will be placed on the plant list at that time. You can check the flows at dreamflows.com. Bait casters should try crickets, nightcrawlers. Power Bait has just released their new scents for 2010. They now have salmon egg scent, and garlic in the popular colors, along with the new hatchery pellet scent, and green pumpkin. Lure casters should try Panther Martin's, Rooster Tails, Kastmasters, Blue Fox spinners, and Rapalas. Fly fishermen should try bead head nymphs,adams, female parachute adams, ants, woolly buggers, stimulators, and caddis flies. There are still holdovers and beautiful Brown Trout to be caught.

Make sure to check with the Forestry Department at Lake Alpine 209-753-2811 or at Hathaway Pines 209-795-1381 for current campground information.

Highland Lakes is now accessible by vehicle and is red hot. Lure fishermen should try Panther Martin's, Kastmasters, and Rooster Tails. Bait fishermen should try crickets, inflated nightcrawlers, Gulp Power Eggs, and the new Garlic and Salmon Egg scented power bait. Fly fishermen have been doing excellent using woolly buggers, adams, mosquitoes, caddis, and bead head nymphs.

Beaver Creek and the North Fork of the Stanislaus inside Big Trees State Park is now open. It is also a wonderful place to take your family and enjoy the magnificent Trees that we have in our backyard Big Trees State Park is located on Highway 4 approximately three Miles above Arnold. You can contact them at 209-795-2334 or their website www.ca.gov and go to Calaveras Big Trees. There is also Golden Pines RV Resort for additional RV camping. Their website is www.goldenpinesrvresort.com. The campground at Sourgrass is now open along the North Fork of the Stanislaus.

Thanks to all of our customers for your patronage. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Bill Reynolds - Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods






Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods
925 SR-4 in Arnold Plaza
P.O. Box 579
Arnold , CA 95223
http://www.ebbettspasssportinggoods.com
209-795-1656

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July 28, 2010
Good Evening TIGERFISH Faithful,

Limit style fishing and good weather for our 17 anglers. These outstanding fish were comprised of big beautiful coppers, browns, a few vermillion, and an assortment of other rockfish. Tomorrow's coastal rockfishing trip is canceled. We have lots of room for Friday's coastal rockfishing trip. If you would like to join us on Friday please give us a call tonight or tomorrow and make a reservation. We only need a few more to make the trip happen.
If you would like to join us for coastal rockfishing during the week or Farallone Islands rockfishing on the weekend, please call us directly at 650.455.9599.



"Fish like there's no tomorrow" Capt. AL
For information or reservations please email us at webmaster@tigerfishsportfishing.com or give us a call at (650) 455.9599



Tigerfish
P.O. Box 5265
South San Francisco, CA 94083
(650) 455-9599
http://www.tigerfishsportfishing.com
webmaster@tigerfishsportfishing.com

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July 29
The inshore fishing is still the best bet with anglers doing well drifting for Halibut and Rock fish. The Squid has been working well on the Halibut during this Squid spawn. The winds were down all morning but there was some afternoon wind. There were a few Salmon caught near Pajaro Hole in 280 feet of water down 150 feet. There were a few fish caught near Soquel Hole at 36'48/122'00. I did not hear of any Albacore anglers due to the winds.


Bayside Marine
333-B Lake Avenue
Santa Cruz, California 95062
(At The Harbor)
831.475.2173
Channel 11 VHF

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Capitola: Red buoy delivers again



Michael and Peter high lined the rentals today with these nice Bolina rock fish. They were fishing all over the place but didn’t have much luck ’til they came back and focused on the area around the new buoy. Tensions were high, as Michael got stuck with catching all the kingfish while Peter casually raked in all the Bolina. We kid of course – they were quite jovial about the whole thing. Nice catch you guys!
On the wharf, not much action. Late this afternoon Ed managed to jig up some sardines which were quickly consumed by anxious anglers, though it all came to naught. So far. Ed is still trying to stoke the flames by making bait runs, so there is some hope. Some.

Bait was weird today. It was available this morning early with little trouble, but by 9 or so it kinda disappeared. Sometime between 9 and noon it came back enough so that Larry mentioned that he saw bait jumping at the edge of the marina when he came back from halibut fishing. And as you may gather, Ed has been doing ok jigging some up over the last few hours. There’s no indication that it is moving in however, so Ed is going to have to keep doing shuttle runs tonight. Til he runs out of gas. Which, by the look of him, will be soon.

Capitola: Where did that vermillion come from?


Jessie, Greg, Ene, and Lez got themselves into a mess of rock fish today when they went fishing all over the place here in Capitola. They weren’t really sure where each of these various fish were caught – they just tried a bunch of spots using shrimp fly rigs with squid bits. They said they found out about us here from a YouTube video that Rudy made, so mad props to Rudy – thanks! Anyway, this crew said they’ll be back, and we’re looking forward to it.
July 29, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Capitola: One in the box!



Larry sounded like a broken record this morning on the radio: “One in the box!!” again and again. He and Eric were on fire today, which explains why the entire fleet of halibut seekers fell in line behind him through the morning. From what we gather to no avail too – Larry seemed to be the only one catching. What is it with this guy??
Anyway, they were fishing over by the yellow can outside the harbor. They got their hands on a nice collection of live squid, which may have had something to do with their luck. The fish ranged from 6 to 14 pounds.

The stenographer was not as lucky and is sorely tempted to find some topic on which to rib the sheriff over today, but he has to concede that once again Lawrence has wrestled up another fine catch.

Capitola and Santa Cruz Boat Rentals
831-462-2208 Capitola
Santa Cruz 831-423-1739
http://capitolaboatandbait.com/home

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July 29, 2010
Good Evening TIGERFISH Faithful,

We were off today. Tomorrow's Coastal rockfishing trip is now a "GO!" There is plenty of room if you would like to join us. Give us a call today or just show up in the morning. Please check-in at the boat between 06:00 - 06:30 am for a 07:00 am departure. The fishing has been very good. It's limit style fishing comprised of big beautiful coppers, browns, a few vermillion, and an assortment of other rockfish.

If you would like to join us for coastal rockfishing during the week or Farallone Islands rockfishing on the weekend, please call us directly at 650.455.9599.



"Fish like there's no tomorrow" Capt. AL
For information or reservations please email us at webmaster@tigerfishsportfishing.com or give us a call at (650) 455.9599


Tigerfish
P.O. Box 5265
South San Francisco, CA 94083
(650) 455-9599
http://www.tigerfishsportfishing.com
webmaster@tigerfishsportfishing.com

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Capitola: The box is not big enough any more



That broken record we spoke of yesterday was on full blast today as they ran out of room in that box. Eric caught this 27 pounder which ties dad’s 13 and 14 pounders if you combine them into one big fish. They were fishing in the same area as yesterday using live sardines – only difference today is that the fleet was up to probably around 40 boats. Wonder where they were all lining up?
Larry reported that a boat next to his caught a 40 pound white seabass, and that the other guy’s line got tangled up in his in the process. Eric kept his line loose however and the guy landed it successfully.

We only had a couple boats out today, one of which was Myron the Mariner. As it so happens, Myron highlined the “fleet” with a 8 pound halibut he caught with a live sardine that Ed gave him. He spent five minutes over Capitola reef and reeled it in. The stenographer had spent all day out there with exactly one nibble to his name for the whoollllle day, so he was kinda frustrated when Myron came waltzing over there and barely got his hook wet. But hey, that’s fishing – it is allll goood.

The other boats did nothing other than a few king fish here and there.

Bait was again abundant in the early morning, scarce in the mid morning, and increasingly abundant as the day wore on from there.

Zero action on the wharf as far as we know. Ed brought in 30 live sardines but as far as we know none of those converted to something more substantial.


Whoops

We’re having a bit of a rough patch on the web server here (disk space issues). I’m going to clear up some space (I hope) – expect some bumps for the next hour or so.

July 30, 2010 at 7:25 pm


Capitola and Santa Cruz Boat Rentals
831-462-2208 Capitola
Santa Cruz 831-423-1739
http://capitolaboatandbait.com/home